Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria )

08 December 2007

Pench Tiger Reserve, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India

Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS and 1.4xII on Canon 1D Mark III
ISO 200, 1/1000 @ f8 -2/3 Stop

While shooting birds against blue sky, you might want to compensate the exposure by 1/3 or 2/3 stop to get the dark blue sky. If it's a washed out sky, then remember to over expose the subject by around 2 stops to get details in the subject.